| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 22 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 22 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 24 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Port Vale | 22 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | Preston North End | 21 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 22 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 21 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 22 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 23 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 21 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Swindon Town | 22 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||